Sample my.cnf

[client-server]
# Modify these if you want to use a nonstandard connection to MariaDB
socket=/tmp/mysql.sock
port=3306
host=127.0.0.1

# This will be passed to all MariaDB clients
[client]
#password=my_password

# The MariaDB server
[mysqld]
# Directory where you want to put your data
data=/usr/local/mysql/data
# Directory for the errmsg.sys file in the language you want to use
language=/usr/local/mysql/share/english
# Create a file where the InnoDB/XtraDB engine stores it's data
loose-innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:1000M
loose-innodb_file_per_table
plugin_dir=/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin

# This is the prefix name to be used for all log, error and replication files
log-basename=mysqld

# Enable logging by default to help find problems
#general-log
log-slow-queries